Nest Site Selection by Kentish Plover Suggests a Trade-Off between Nest-Crypsis and Predator Detection Strategies

Predation is one of the main causes of adult mortality and breeding failure for ground-nesting birds. Micro-habitat structure around nests plays a critical role in minimizing predation risk. Plovers nest in sites with little vegetation cover to maximize the incubating adult visibility, but many stud...

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Autores principales: Gómez-Serrano, Miguel Ángel, López-López, Pascual
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4160202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25208045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107121

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4160202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25208045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107121

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